Blackjack Facts Trivia at gamerisms

Blackjack Facts Trivia for the most popular casino game worldwide
online and off begins with a little history.
Though it is widely believed that the French discovered Blackjack,
Italians equally claim their rights over the invention of blackjack.

The casino game of Blackjack was originally named vingt-et-un which is French for 21.

The English version of Blackjack is Pontoon.

Napoleon was an avid player of 21, even after his exile.

A rule variation coined the term blackjack as payouts went to
the player who held the Jack of Spades.

Blackjack arrived in America after the French Revolution.

Blackjack was banned in the United States at the beginning of the
19th Century until 1931.

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In 1978, the Sahara Hotel and Casino was the first casino to hold
a blackjack tournament.

Televised blackjack tournaments include Ultimate Blackjack Tour
and World Series of Blackjack.

There are daily and special blackjack tournaments continuously at
online casinos.

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Edward O. Thorp published a book titled Beat the Dealer resulting in his
nickname as the Father of Card
Counting.
As a professor at MIT, he created a computer program to calculate all
mathematical probabilities in Blackjack. Taking his card counting
skills to Vegas, Thorp won thousands of dollars from the casinos. He
formed the MIT team of students characterized in the movie 21.

Ken Uston, another card counting genius, was eventually banned
from entering casinos and would disguise himself so that he could
continue to play. Uston, along with Al Francesco created the first card
counting blackjack player teams.

Stanford Wong, known for his strategy of playing at a distance
only when the
table’s odds were favorable to him. The
strategy was nicknamed Wonging,
which is banned from most casinos. Though his name indicates otherwise,
Stanford Wong is not Asian.

Game Statistics: Blackjack Facts Trivia

87% of all casino players gamble 4 hours a day.

You are likely to win a blackjack hand 48% of the time.

Odds predict that there is a 14% chance of losing 3 consecutive
hands.

You are likely to get blackjack 1 out of every 21 hands.

Average blackjack players can expect to go bust 16% of the time.

Card counters have a 1% advantage over the house.

A card dealer has 4.8% chance of getting 21.

Dealers have an average of 31% chance of going bust per hand.

If you play online games or land-based using poor strategy
or instinct, you give the casino an advantage of 5%+

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